NAIOP Silicon Valley Capital Markets Panel

Register for the 2025 NAIOP Silicon Valley Capital Markets Panel! On June 18, join us at Santa Clara Square for an insightful discussion moderated by Briana DeHaan of Northmarq with top commercial real estate experts, Rahul Chandiok of GI Partners, Mike Field of Mecah Ventures, Christopher Moritz of Newmark, and Dan Renz of JLL.

Join us for a timely and candid conversation with leading deal makers as we unpack the forces shaping the Silicon Valley capital markets. We’ll kick off with a pulse check on factors impacting construction, lending, and labor. The discussion will span today’s investor landscape, capital sourcing trends, debt market sentiment, and transaction activity — with a spotlight on market opportunities and leasing dynamics. Panelists will explore who’s active, where capital is flowing, how deals are getting done, and what strategies are emerging in a cautious but evolving market. We’ll close with a look ahead: what keeps market leaders up at night, and how they see the next 12 months unfolding.

Location:
Santa Clara Square
2625 Augustine Drive, Suite 125, Santa Clara, CA 95054

Date & Time:
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM

Registration Fees:

• Chapter Members – $125
• Non-Member – $160
• Elected Officials – $75
• Students – $35

Panelists

Briana DeHaan – Managing Director, Northmarq (Moderator)
Briana DeHaan is a managing director in Northmarq’s San Francisco office. She is responsible for placing both debt and equity for her clients with a focus on Bay Area transactions. During her career at Northmarq, Briana has closed over $3.5 billion in debt and equity transactions covering the full spectrum of lender and product types. Briana leverages her knowledge of the market, a reliable out-to-market strategy and strong relationships with lenders and investors to bring the best capital solutions to her clients. Briana is an active member of NAIOP and is the 2024 Chapter president of NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area (SFBA) Chapter. She has been on the Board of NAIOP SFBA for four years and previously co-chaired the Membership Committee. She is also a past president of the Berkeley Real Estate Alumni Association (BREAA), a non-profit alumni organization affiliated with University of California (UC), Berkeley, and has served on the board of BREAA since 2018. From 2022 through 2026, Briana is also on the Board of the Bay Area Mortgage Association. In addition to those roles, Briana is actively involved in Urban Land Institute San Francisco, the Mortgage Bankers Association, CREW and The Women of Real Estate. Briana earned her B.A. at UC Berkeley where, as an undergraduate she played on the Women’s Division I Field Hockey team. She later earned her master’s in business administration at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Continuing to pursue her passion for sports and team camaraderie, Briana is currently a member of the Olympic Club’s Women’s Field Hockey team and was a member of the Olympic Club team that won the USFHL Women’s Club National Championship in 2019 and 2022.

Rahul Chandiok – Director, GI Partners
Rahul Chandiok is a Director at GI Partners and focuses on investments in Real Estate. Prior to joining GI Partners, Mr. Chandiok was responsible for managing real estate transactions at Norges Bank Investment Management, manager of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global. Earlier in his career, Mr. Chandiok worked in Doha, Qatar with The First Investor and Barwa Real Estate Group, a subsidiary of Qatar Investment Authority.

Mike Field – Principal, Mecah Ventures
As principal of Mecah Ventures, Mike brings over 20 years of mid-peninsula real estate experience. Mike began his real estate career in property management and brokerage, then joined The Sobrato Organization (TSO) in his early twenties, gaining valuable experience working closely with John A. Sobrato and John M. Sobrato. During his tenure at TSO, Mike negotiated build-to-suit and corporate campus leases with tenants such as Nvidia, Yahoo, Citrix, Apple, Service Now, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, Google, and Netflix. Additionally, he drove a diversification vision by selling 18 South Bay buildings and acquiring over 40 acres of mid-peninsula office and multi-family development land for future growth of the real estate business, with the total consideration of these transactions exceeding 3 billion dollars. These sites now house some of the most spectacular office and residential communities in the Bay Area mid-peninsula. After making a significant impact at TSO, Mike established Windy Hill Property Ventures (WHPV) development and commercial business. It was here where Mike further developed his expertise in modern place-creation and risk mitigation strategies, leading to the development of Biotech, Office, Mixed-Use, and Multi-Family properties for a total consideration of over 1 billion dollars. Building on this proven success, it is now the focus of Mike’s newest organization, Mecah Ventures.

Chris Moritz – Executive Managing Director,  Newmark
Christopher Moritz joined Newmark in 2017 and serves as a Executive Managing Director in the Debt, Equity and Structured Finance group in the San Francisco, California office. Prior to Newmark, Moritz spent eight years with Regency Capital Partners, a San Francisco-based boutique real estate investment bank. During his tenure he was involved in the placement of over $5 billion in debt and equity. Prior to joining Regency Capital Partners, Moritz worked in the Real Estate Group of Capital Source in San Francisco. He began his career in commercial real estate as an appraiser for the Property Sciences Group in Concord, California.

Daniel Renz – Senior Director, JLL
Dan Renz is a Senior Director with JLL’s Bay Area Capital Markets focusing on investment sales and joint venture equity raises in Silicon Valley and San Francisco’s Peninsula markets. Dan specializes in office, R&D and life sciences assets across the region. Since January 2014, Dan has been directly involved in closing more than $7.8 billion in transactions across Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Peninsula. Dan joined JLL’s San Francisco Agency Leasing & Tenant Rep Group in February 2010 and in September 2011 transitioned to JLL’s Capital Markets Group with a focus on office investment sales in San Francisco, Marin and the East Bay.

Thank you to our event sponsor!

Sponsorship Opportunities Still Available: Sign up to sponsor multiple NAIOP Silicon Valley panels and save while boosting your visibility within the Silicon Valley commercial real estate community! With multiple panels, you’ll receive prominent recognition, plus exclusive benefits like complimentary tickets and featured branding on event materials. Contact us at info@naiopsv.org to sponsor!

• $2,500 for the Capital Markets Panel
• $4,000 for 2 panels (Capital Markets Panel and Developers Panel)

President’s Council Members receive complimentary tickets to the Annual Capital Markets. Contact us today for your special discount code.